Politifact.com: Stories mentioning Bill Fosterhttp://www.politifact.com/personalities/bill-foster/Stories or blog posts about Bill Foster from Politifact.comen-usMon, 05 Aug 2013 15:33:09 -0400Fact-checking the St. Petersburg mayoral electionhttp://www.politifact.com/florida/article/2013/aug/05/fact-checking-st-petersburg-mayoral-election/St. Petersburg voters will soon go to the polls to vote for the city&rsquo;s next mayor, and PolitiFact Florida is helping sort out the truth among the candidates. Five candidates are vying in the Aug. 27 primary, with the top two vote-getters advancing to a November runoff. The incumbent, Mayor Bill Foster, is touting a drop in the crime rate as a reason he deserves four more years. In a campaign brochure, Foster said, &quot;Since I was elected, crime rates have been at their lowest in over a decade.&quot; He&rsquo;s right about the statistics, but it&rsquo;s unclear just how much ... <a href="/florida/article/2013/aug/05/fact-checking-st-petersburg-mayoral-election/">>>More</a>Mon, 05 Aug 2013 15:33:09 -0400http://www.politifact.com/florida/article/2013/aug/05/fact-checking-st-petersburg-mayoral-election/